Frozen storage of bulk drug substance (BDS) at temperatures at or below –70°C is common in the bioprocess industry. Storage at temperatures below –80°C can lead to spontaneous failure of typical BDS containers, particularly if container temperature is reduced rapidly (known as flash freezing). Most containers used to store BDS have glass-transition temperatures well above –196°C, and many containers structurally fail during rapid descent through glass transition. Even worse, such failures often are detected after a container is thawed, which…
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AbbVie is a global, research-driven biopharmaceutical company committed to developing innovative advanced therapies for some of the world’s most complex and critical conditions. The company’s mission is to use its expertise, dedicated people, and unique approach to innovation to markedly improve treatments across four primary therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, virology, and neuroscience. In more than 75 countries, AbbVie employees are working every day to advance health solutions for people around the world. Combining the focus of a biotechnology company with…
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As a result of increased focus on customized medicine and continued emphasis on drug development for rare diseases, the biopharmaceutical industry continues to advance its methods for disease treatment by developing target-specific novel therapeutics. Formulations for these types of programs are complex and therefore present challenges in the design, scale-up, and manufacture of drug substances and drug products. Such challenges can delay getting critical products to patients. Contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs) can help advance therapeutics and navigate production…
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Avid Bioservices is a full-service, dedicated contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) focused on development and manufacturing of biopharmaceutical drug substances derived from mammalian cell culture. Avid’s biologics development and manufacturing services include process development and current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) clinical and commercial drug substance manufacturing, bulk packaging, release and stability testing, and regulatory submissions support. For early stage programs, the company provides various process development activities, including upstream and downstream development and optimization, analytical methods development, testing, and…
CIMmultus PrimaS: The Next-Generation Anion Exchanger for Today’s mRNA-Based Vaccines
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Optimal Time to Market for Life-Saving Biopharmaceuticals
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